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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 88

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Relating to: whistleblower protection for municipal clerks who witness and report election fraud or irregularities.

Discrimination in employment Elections Fraud Municipality — Officers

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill provides whistleblower protection for municipal clerks who witness

and report election fraud or irregularities. Under the bill, no municipal clerk may

be discriminated against in regard to employment, including by being discharged,

disciplined, or demoted, as a reprisal because the clerk lawfully reported, or is

believed to have reported, witnessing what the clerk reasonably believed to be

election fraud or irregularities.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cabral-Guevara (R) , Cowles (R) , Jacque (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Stroebel (R)

16 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Bodden (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Gundrum (R) , Murphy (R) , Petersen (R) , Rettinger (R) , Schmidt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

Full history

  1. Mar 1, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Jacque, Cabral-Guevara, Cowles, Stafsholt and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Goeben, Gundrum, Armstrong, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Brooks, Dittrich, Edming, Murphy, Petersen, Schmidt, Tittl, Tusler, Wichgers and Rettinger

  2. Mar 1, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Elections and Consumer Protection

  3. Jul 10, 2023 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Government Operations and rereferred to committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1